There’s now a direct link on GlobalGiving.org to support the urgent relief work that CDRS Pakistan’s Todd Shea is doing in Haiti. Todd reached me by phone late Friday night and said emergency supplies are being donated, but he needs money for truck rental, to pay local staff, and for other running costs. Please donate any small amount through this link.

Todd is back in the Dominican Republic now, filling another truck and meeting a couple of doctors arriving from the US, at least one of whom is Pakistani. They will drive back to Haiti on Sunday with fresh supplies.

Todd has established a staging area at Croix des Bouquets, a major crossroads east of Port-au-Prince that is much more accessible to the border and to surrounding towns and countryside than the city itself is. Todd has done the smartest possible thing: he flew into Santo Domingo, found the best road from there into Haiti, and is creating and maintaining a supply line in the opposite direction from the congested Port-au-Prince airport.

The most helpful thing we can do to support Todd’s urgent lifesaving work at this moment is to give quick cash to make sure he can cover costs over the next few days. I’ve just made a donation, and I urge you to, too. Here’s the link again.

I was interviewed Saturday morning on Vocalo 89.5 public radio in Chicago, and host Jesse Menendez was also trying to reach Todd by phone. I hope he reached him, so people can hear directly what the situation is like on the ground.